Age of Adepts

Gods were sublime and great beings.

Compared to mortals, deities have immortal bodies and souls, so they can be considered immortal super beings.

But the troubles and sufferings that Gods possessed were also ten million times greater than those of mortal beings!

Just as human beings have their own friends and enemies, so too do superior deities have their own enemies. And naturally, the deities' enemy was another fearsome deity!

If mortals fail in their struggle, they will lose their homes, their loved ones, and they will die a miserable death... But if deities fail in their struggle, their fate will be ten thousand times more miserable than that of humans!

A guy who could become a deity, with an immortal body and an indestructible soul, would be tortured and ravaged by his enemies for tens of millions of years once he fell into their hands.

Therefore, in order to avoid such a tragic fate, many deities would choose to destroy their own kingdoms and explode their souls when they are faced with inevitable defeat. In short, never let a single bit of themselves fall into the hands of their enemies.

But those who were unwilling to fail, would choose self-exile!

The deities would push their kingdoms into the Void Turbulence to escape their enemies before they were completely defeated. As for the believers who remained in the origin plane, they were helplessly discarded altogether and left to be bloodily slaughtered by the rival sects.

Having lost their believers and their source of faith, the failed deities naturally lost their ability to continue to sustain the vast divine kingdom. At this time, the deities would use the crystals of divine power they had stored up before to barely maintain the minimum level of operation of the divine kingdom.

On the other hand, the deities themselves would choose to sleep eternally in order to reduce the depletion of the divine power of the divine Kingdom.

As a result, the Kingdom of God, which was once filled with many believers and saints, became silent and lifeless. In the past, the divine and glorious kingdom of God had become a lonely and sad cemetery of God.

Most of the deities who choose self-exile can only end up in one of two ways.

Either, the hidden followers of the deities left behind in the original plane will grow again, gathering a group of devout believers and bringing back the kingdom of God that has been lost in the depths of the void.

Either, all of the believers were cut down by the enemy and completely cut off from their source of faith. In this way, when the domestic reserves of divine crystals within the divine Kingdom were completely depleted, it would be the moment when the divine Kingdom collapsed and the divine body and soul sank for eternity!

For some of the once glorious and great deities, the number of crystals of divine power that the deities had stored within the divine kingdom was enormous. This means that the process from the self-exile of the deities to the complete collapse of the divine Kingdom could be as long as tens of thousands of years.......

However, even if the deities choose to go into self-imposed exile, they may not be absolutely safe!

A godly kingdom drifting alone in the depths of a starry sea and in the midst of a void storm is a wonderful meal for the predators of the other planes. Of course, it could also be a terrible death trap.

If the predators went there at just the right time, during the period when that exiled deity's power was at its weakest, they would naturally be able to grab huge benefits and top-tier resources from it that outsiders could never imagine.

A skinny camel was bigger than a horse!

Even if the deity was down and poor, and searched the entire kingdom, a few powerful artifacts could still be found. Getting one of these treasures would be worth the price of admission for most of the predators.

However, if the predators are unlucky enough to go there when the exiled deities still have a little bit of energy left, or if they encounter those hobbits that are pre-set traps to lure strong people from all sides to come and die, there is no telling who will be the unlucky ones.

Therefore, it was already a fluke to find a broken god country drifting aimlessly in the depths of the boundless star sea. You still expect that there is a dying god lying in that kingdom, just waiting for you to wipe the deity's neck...the possibility of that is simply too low, too low!

Thus, the discovery of any of the ancient gods' ruins meant a great adventure.

Either it had already been patronized by predators countless times and there wasn't a hair left inside, or it was a false message put out by some crazy deity, ready to trick the greedy ones into slaughtering them....

So, hearing the news of an ancient god's death graveyard from that Obaiola, Grim remained unmoving despite his intentions.

Now that the road to Level 5 was smooth for him, as long as he followed the steps, crossing the bit limit to become an immortal great sorcerer would be just around the corner. Under such circumstances, to venture further into some ancient god's relic or death graveyard was simply asking for trouble himself.

Honestly, if there was really such a benefit, Grim would rather go exploring after he had advanced to rank 5. Anyway, at his rate of advancement, it would only be three to four hundred years.

This amount of time was nothing more than a snap of the fingers for an Ancient God's relic, and a little later wouldn't make any difference.

Besides, this Obaiola was an elder within the Sorcerer's Association, he couldn't bypass the Sorcerer's Association and leak the news to himself alone. This also meant that the Sorcerer's Association would definitely organize a group of people to conduct an in-depth inspection of this Ancient God's Relic.

If he himself got involved, he would definitely run into the ranks of the Sorcerer's Association.

At that time, each would be their own master, and I'm afraid that a certain conflict would inevitably break out....

Seemingly seeing Grim's concern, that Obaiola said in a low voice, "Don't worry, regarding this Ancient God's relic, our Sorcerer's Association will never interfere with it!"

"Why?" Grim looked unconcerned.

"Hahaha... only you witches outside the association have such a question." Obaiola replied with a proud look on his face, "The backlog of ancient relics, ancient gods' relics, death graveyards, secret spaces and such in the hands of our Sorcerers Association is simply too many to count. There are just so many 4th ranked witches in the association, and trying to check out each and every one of these clues to find the true treasure is an exceptionally taxing and time-consuming task."

"So, our association is currently concentrating on exploring places that are easier to get at. As for such ambiguous relics of the ancient gods, we can't spare the manpower to search for and explore them at the moment. Otherwise, I wouldn't have brought it out to trade with you!"

Grim couldn't help but frown in thought, "How can I be sure that the information and data you've given me is true and correct?"

Obaiola smiled ruefully, "I've heard that you are very close to that witch in the north, is the clue I gave you true or not, can't she see that? Besides, do you think I, Obaiola, am the kind of guy who comes out of the woodwork with false information to trap people?"

Seeing that he was vaguely impressed, Obaiola took out a broken magic ring and tossed it to Grim, saying, "This is a magic ring I collected outside the domain, and the seller has specified that it came from some ancient god's relic. You can verify it with that Fate Witch, and then trade with me if you're interested. I'll trade the clues to the whereabouts of that ancient god's relic in exchange for your Divine Relic Dome, that's always fine, right?"

With that, Obaiola did not say anything more and left Grim's residence straight away.

As he watched his opponent's distant figure, Grim slowly fondled this strange-looking, long-damaged magic ring, and his heart couldn't help but bang.

It would naturally be a lie to say that he was not moved at all!

Any of the powerful ancient gods were all terrifying existences that were easily above 5th stage. The fact that the relics of the deities' kingdoms were able to drift in the Void Storm for so long was a clear indication of how terrifying and powerful the deities were in their lifetime.

Even if one were to say that such a fellow was of rank 6 or 7, no one would suspect anything.

If he was able to rob the Divine Kingdom of the Deities once again, I'm afraid Grim wouldn't have to worry about resources and treasures for the next thousand years. Not only would he be able to eat his brains out, but the Crimson Family would also benefit from it and obtain many top-grade resources.

Grim's path of development might be clear, but he still needed to think about Mary and Alice.

Unknowingly, Grim got in touch with Alice who was far away in the North.

A simple phone call between the two of them, Grim again tore open a spatial gap and sent the magic ring to Alice.

A moment later, Alice's figure emerged in a magical water mirror.

"Want to hear the good news or the bad news?"

Hearing Alice's words thrown over with a split face, Grim already had a vague answer in his heart.

"The good news should be that that Ancient God's relic is real, and the bad news, you're probably trying to say that it's a trap that the old enemy, Misa, has set for us..." sighed Grim grudgingly.

"You seem to have it all figured out already!" Alice's light and elegant face revealed a sweet smile, "To be honest, Misa's handiwork in this matter is very clean. I can only be sure that this ring is indeed related to a death deity, but I can't find any trace of Misa's involvement. However, the fact that this information has fallen into your hands so subtly is in line with that Misa's style of doing things, judging from all the actions."

"Since there are already speculations about this... Go ahead, what are you going to do? A direct rejection of that Obaiola?"

"Refused? Why did you refuse?" Grim suddenly laughed, "If this is really a trap concocted by Misa, then to avoid our suspicion, the Ancient God's relics are probably true, and there really is a god in there who hasn't fallen yet..."

"But this is clearly a trap arranged by the other party. If we really follow the trail, I'm afraid we will inevitably fall into the trap!"

"What if it's not us that's going?"

"Uh..."

Looking at the startled, wide-eyed Alice, Grim smiled leisurely and said, "I'm relieved that we passed the letter. You don't have to worry about the rest, I'll take care of it naturally!"

"You...you're really going to trade with that Obaiola?"

"Haha, how can I say no to something that means so much to us? Don't worry, I won't be stupid enough to step on that trap. I'll seriously pick a few scapegoats..."

After cutting off contact with Alice, Grim gave it some more serious thought and finally began to contact the recently departed Obaiola.